Body of Texas hiker recovered from northern Chaffee County

A large search crew involving horses, helicopters, a drone and a plane helped search for the body of a 44-year-old man from Grapevine, Texas. The hiker's body was discovered Saturday night after he had been missing for a week.

Jeffrey Pickering had parked at the Avalanche Trail Head where Chaffee County Road 306 intersects with the Colorado Trail on Sept. 3, according to a news release by Chaffee County Sheriff John Spezze.

Co-workers reported him missing on Sept. 5 and Grapevine police called Chaffee County Sheriff's Department on Friday, according to the news release.

The search involved 16 different agencies including 60 hikers, three helicopters, two air scent dogs with handlers, a plane, two ATV teams and two horseback teams and a drone.

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